Section 1. The Legislature shall con-
sist of two distinct branches, a Senate
and a House of Delegates, which shall
be styled "The General Assembly of
Maryland."
Sec. 2. Immediately after the adop-
tion of this Constitution, and before
there shall have been held any general
election under it, the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore shall proceed to
lay off and divide the said city into three
several districts, of equal population and
contiguous territory, as near as may be,
which said districts shall be called the
first, second, and third Legislative Dis-
tricts of Baltimore city.
Sec. 3. Every county in the State, and
each Legislative district of Baltimore
city, as hereinbefore provided for, shall
be entitled to one Senator, who shall be
elected by the qualified voters of the
counties, and of the Legislative districts
of Baltimore city, respectively, and shall
serve for four years from the date of his
election, subject to the classification of
Senators, hereinafter provided for.
Sec. 4. The white population of the
State shall constitute the basis of rep-
resentation in the House of Delegates,
and the apportionment of the Delegates
among the several counties and legis-
lative districts of the city of Baltimore,
shall be as follows: For every five thou-
sand persons, or a fractional part thereof
above one-half, one Delegate shall be
chosen, until the number of Delegates
in each county and legislative district of
the city of Baltimore, shall reach five;
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above that number, one Delegate shall
be chosen for the next twenty thousand
persons, or a fractional portion over one-
half thereof, in each county and legis-
lative district of the city of Baltimore;
above that number, each county and
legislative district of the said city, shall
elect one Delegate for every eighty thou-
sand persons, or fractional portion there-
of, above one-half. Upon this principle,
and as soon as practicable after each
national census, or State enumeration
of inhabitants, the General Assembly
shall apportion the members of the
House of Delegates among the several
counties, and the several legislative dis-
tricts of Baltimore city, according to the
white population of each. But until
such apportionment is made, the House
of Delegates shall consist of eighty mem-
bers, distributed as follows: Allegany,
five members; Anne Arundel, two; each
of the three legislative districts in Balti-
more city, six; Baltimore county, six;
Calvert, one; Caroline, two; Carroll,
five; Cecil, four; Charles, one; Dor-
chester, two; Frederick, six; Harford,
four; Howard, two; Kent, two; Mont-
gomery, two; Prince George's, two;
-Queen Anne's, two; St. Mary's, one;
Somerset, three; Talbot, two; Washing-
ton, five; Worcester, three.
Sec. 5. The members of the House of
Delegates shall be elected by the quali-
fied voters of the counties and the legis-
lative districts of Baltimore city, respec-
tively, to serve for two years from the
day of their election.
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